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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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